Date: 4 Sep 2003 11:45:49 GMT From: Dave Hinz <davehinznopsamcop.net> Subject: Re: 900 + 9000 roadside breakdowns - failure modes
On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 08:10:12 +0100, Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> wrote: > Lance Morgan wrote: > >> The con rod really suprised me too (and the DIs) - but I've only driven >> but never worked on a few 9000s. _Did_ the 9000 have a con rod weakness >> (which motor?), similar to the c900 2.1L head gasket/block problems? > > Not as far as I know - I've only ever heard of a broken con rod > on a Saab once, and that was it. I broke one on a '62 96 with x00,000 miles on it, in about 1993. > As far as I can remember, he was driving along the motorway, > lost oil pressure, then saw bits of metal in the rear view > mirror. They were bits of block and con rod. Who knows what > happened! In the two-stroke, looked like I had a ring/port issue starting the whole thing, and chunks from that got into the big-end bearing. Made an awful thwappa-thwappa-shreeeeeeeik noise. Dave "Probably not too relevant to an H engine..." Hinz
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